CAMPHOR POISONING
CORONER ON “RARE CASE.” LONDON, March IS. Returning a verdict of “death from camphor poisoning” at an inquest today on Mrs. Lily Hartley, 55, of Thorpe Hall-avenue, Thorpe Bay, the Southend coroner, Mr. H. J. Jefferies, said he bad never before dealt with such a case. The woman’s husband, Mr. E. S. Hartley, said they had been married 31 years, but in July last he left his wife because she drank heavily. In 1912 she took a quantity of camphor and consumed whisky immediately after. She recovered, and said she had read that actresses took camphor as a stimulant. Dr. .1. H. Fisher, of Southend General Hospital, stated that death was due to camphor poisoning, which was very rare. One-fifth of an ounce would be a fatal dose. Other evidence was given that three blocks of camphor were found in the house, and a small portion bore teeth marks.
The coroner said that from the evidence he did not think that Mrs. Hart]r>v intended to commit suicide.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 May 1937, Page 6
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